Sikhs in Britain: The Making of a Community

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Zed Books, 2006 - Religion - 274 pages

'This fine study of the Sikhs in Britain is a splendid addition to the field. Not only does it provide an invaluable mapping of the community's origins and development which should make it a standard work of reference for years to come, but in its sophisticated interrogation of the sociological and political tensions which have marked that development it makes a uniquely informed wider contribution to the ongoing debates about the nature of "multicultural" Britain'.
Professor Christopher Shackle, SOAS, University of London

'This book is of very great importance for anyone who wishes to understand the crucial role of Sikhs in defining the possibilities of multiculturalism in Britain at a time when the very notion is under attack from many sources. It should be essential reading for policy makers as well as students.'
Professor John Rex, Professor Emeritus at the University of Warwick

'This work is a major review of the history and issues affecting Sikhs in Great Britain since the Second World War. Balanced and extremely well documented...it marks an important contribution to Sikh and multicultural studies'. - Professor Norman G. Barrier, Professor of History University of Missouri

'This is an important book which details the coming to self-consciousness of the Sikh community in Britain under local, national and transnational exigencies'. Professor Uday S. Mehta, Department of Political Science, Amherst College

'This book comes at a time when new limits to multiculturalism and to free speech are being drawn and these wider debates are brilliantly interwoven with an account of the public and private lives of Sikhs. The book is politically charged, but sensitive, humane and open-minded at the same time.'
Robin Cohen, ESRC Professorial Research Fellow, University of Warwick.

'This first major account of the development of the British Sikh community is very welcome. Scholarly, analytical and deeply empathetic, it is a major contribution.' Professor Judith M. Brown, University of Oxford

 

Contents

Introduction
1
5
91
Family Gender and Sexuality
165
A Level Examinations 19852004
188
PreIndependence Punjab as Partitioned in 1947
195
Conclusion
208
Notes
220
1
226
Bibliographical Note and Select Bibliography
255

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About the author (2006)

Ian Talbot is Director of the Centre for South Asian Studies at Coventry University. His most recent books include Pakistan: A Modern History and Khizr Tiwana, the Punjab Unionist Party and the Partition of India. Darshan Singh Tatla has been an honorary research fellow at the Centre for South Asian Studies, Coventry University and is co-author of Punjab.

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